Nechama Tec, survivor whose book about the Bielski partisans inspired the Daniel Craig film ‘Defiance,’ dies at 92 The University of Connecticut historian sought to overturn misconceptions that Jews went passively to their deaths. By Andrew Silow-Carroll and Ben Harris August 9, 2023 2:55 pm
Florence Berger, 83, Cornell professor and practitioner of the art of Jewish matchmaking “I am fearless when it comes to matching,” Berger told an interviewer. August 8, 2023 2:22 pm
Harvey ‘Bud’ Meyerhoff, chair of US Holocaust Memorial Museum at its founding, dies at 96 The Baltimore developer and philanthropist took over from Elie Wiesel in building the Washington museum. August 7, 2023 4:53 pm
Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman creator and son of a pilot in Israel’s war of independence, is dead at 70 By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 31, 2023 5:25 pm
Alan Sherman, a champion of Jewish sports and US-Israeli relations, dies at 87 By Jacob Gurvis July 31, 2023 4:48 pm
Dugo Leitner, Holocaust survivor whose falafel ritual made him a social media star, dies at 93 By Philissa Cramer July 28, 2023 5:40 pm
Louise Levy, ‘supercentenarian’ subject of longevity study among Ashkenazi Jews, dies at 112 By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 28, 2023 3:22 pm
Richard Barancik, last of the ‘Monuments Men’ who recovered art and treasure looted by the Nazis, dies at 98 By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 25, 2023 4:00 pm
Mary Ann Hoberman, a kids’ writer whose poems drew on the warmth of her loud Jewish homes, dies at 92 By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 25, 2023 11:50 am
Journalist and scholar Aharon Ariel, 97, veteran of Israel’s war of independence and ‘walking encyclopedia’ By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 18, 2023 11:00 am